Kobe Bryant will go down as one of basketball’s all-time greats, a reputation he’s accomplished thanks to a relentless drive and inexorable work ethic. The Nike Kobe 10 Blackout releases this weekend, an homage to that famous mental fortitude.
“When I’m really feeling it, I workout until I blackout.” So says Kobe, and that drive informs the aesthetics of this latest colorway, which sees purple cloaked over the shoe’s layered-textile upper and encapsulated midsole, while jet black contrast on the tongue, liner, heel and Swoosh. Losing control of your faculties never looked so good. Or rarely, anyway.
Saturday’s the day, the shoe hitting stores and retailing for the usual $180. Online accounts like Nike.com will carry it beginning at 10am EST.
Nike Kobe 10 “Blackout”
Black/Persian Violet-Volt-Black
Style #: 705317-005
21 February 2015
$180